TY  - RPRT
AB  - Numerous methods for measuring multifactor productivity have been used by economists. This report uses a recently developed approach, data envlopment analysis, to measure productivity. This method can be used not only to calculate productivity but also to divide productivity measures into indices that measure technical efficiency and technical change. Technical efficiency measures the efficiency with which resources are used. Technical change measures changes in output arising from improved technology. In this report, relative efficiency measures and multifactor productivity measures are calculated for the agricultural sectors of 77 countries. Analysis shows that multifactor productivity of the agricultural sector has risen in most developed countries and fallen in many developing countries over the past two decades. Adoption of input-intensive technology by developing countries may have offset productivity gains from improved yields and imporved labor productivity,
AU  - Arnade, Carlos Anthony
DA  - 1994-02
DA  - 1994-02
DO  - 10.22004/ag.econ.156761
DO  - doi
ID  - 156761
KW  - Productivity Analysis
KW  - Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
KW  - Productivity
KW  - efficiency
KW  - technical change
KW  - data envelopment analysis
L1  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/156761/files/tb1831.pdf
L1  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/156761/files/tb1831.pdf?subformat=pdfa
L2  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/156761/files/tb1831.pdf
L2  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/156761/files/tb1831.pdf?subformat=pdfa
L4  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/156761/files/tb1831.pdf
L4  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/156761/files/tb1831.pdf?subformat=pdfa
LA  - eng
LA  - English
LK  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/156761/files/tb1831.pdf
LK  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/156761/files/tb1831.pdf?subformat=pdfa
N2  - Numerous methods for measuring multifactor productivity have been used by economists. This report uses a recently developed approach, data envlopment analysis, to measure productivity. This method can be used not only to calculate productivity but also to divide productivity measures into indices that measure technical efficiency and technical change. Technical efficiency measures the efficiency with which resources are used. Technical change measures changes in output arising from improved technology. In this report, relative efficiency measures and multifactor productivity measures are calculated for the agricultural sectors of 77 countries. Analysis shows that multifactor productivity of the agricultural sector has risen in most developed countries and fallen in many developing countries over the past two decades. Adoption of input-intensive technology by developing countries may have offset productivity gains from improved yields and imporved labor productivity,
PY  - 1994-02
PY  - 1994-02
T1  - Using Data Envelopment Analysis to Measure International Agricultural Efficiency and Productivity
TI  - Using Data Envelopment Analysis to Measure International Agricultural Efficiency and Productivity
UR  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/156761/files/tb1831.pdf
UR  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/156761/files/tb1831.pdf?subformat=pdfa
Y1  - 1994-02
T2  - Technical Bulletin
T2  - 1831
ER  -